Opportunity Myth (2018) — Published by TNTP, The Opportunity Myth breaks open the fallacy that all children are given the same opportunities in our public education system. In fact, children of color are routinely given below grade level work due to low expectations from teachers, making it near impossible for them to access the same opportunities education provides for white children.
The Majority Report: Supporting the Success of Latino Students in California (2017)—Published by Ed Trust West, this report provides an extensive look at how Latino students are faring at every level of California’s education system. The report shows that despite Latino students being the majority of the state’s K-12 population, and a large portion of the state’s college and university students, these students continue to face troubling inequities from Kindergarten through higher education.
Black Minds Matter (2015) — An examination by EdTrust West of how the nearly 1 million Black youth in California are faring from preschool through college, this report reveals the disparities that data show persist at all levels of their educational journey, in addition to the efforts underway to reverse these trends and close achievement and opportunity gaps.
National Equity Project 7 Circle Model—The Six Circle Model was developed to explain the importance of having both technical and relational components in order to bring about and sustain change. NEP’s adaptation, the Seven Circle Model recognizes that systemic oppression exists and negatively affects the dynamic interplay of the technical and relational aspects.
ERS Report Informing Inequity (2017) — A collaboration between Oakland Achieves and Education Resource Strategies, this study examines district-run and charter schools in Oakland across three dimensions: student need, resource levels, and resource use.
NGLC in Oakland: Year 2 Evaluation (2019) — The NGLC in Oakland: Year 2 Evaluation contains a cohort-level scan of the outcomes data from the second year of the Next Generation Learning Challenge launch in Oakland schools, as well as a school-by-school analysis for each of the seven participating school sites. You can find a link to the Year 1 Evaluation via this Year 2 resource.
NGLC MyWays —The MyWays Student Success Framework is a synthesis of 20 competencies for success in learning, work, and life. Use the framework, tools, and community you’ll find here to launch your school-change initiative and reimagine your learning and assessment designs. The value of MyWays lies primarily in the rich discussions, collaborative development, and transformative culture-building it can catalyze within your team, school, district, and community. MyWays is more of a helpful friend than a blueprint; more of a conversation than a report; more journey than destination.
CORE Data Collaborative — This Collaborative brings together the CORE Eight Districts with participating offices of education, districts, and schools in peer learning opportunities to examine their data and work to uncover their strengths and areas for improvement. Collaborative members, including the Oakland Unified School District and charter schools across the city, have access to the CORE Dashboard which includes a range for academic, culture/climate, and socio-emotional learning data. A hallmark of the CORE Dashboard is the CORE growth model which examines how students are progressing from year to year. Growth data for participating Oakland schools can be found here.
CA School Dashboard — The California School Dashboard is part of California’s current accountability system for districts and schools. The Dashboard, designed to be parent and community friendly, includes important data on student demographics, academic performance, academic engagement, and the conditions and climate at the school and compares current and prior year results.